Floating solar mooring and anchoring design
Anchoring and mooring design for floating solar arrays on reservoirs, with our partner Stewart Technology Associates (USA), modelled in OrcaFlex and MOSES.
- 3floating solar projects in India
- 2named reservoirs: Rihand Dam and Pegadapalli
- USApartner for anchoring and mooring: Stewart Technology Associates
Everything that keeps a floating array in place
The anchors, the lines between them and the array, and how the whole system responds.
Anchoring
Anchor layout and anchor design to hold the array on the reservoir.
Mooring lines
The mooring configuration that connects the floating array to its anchors.
Array response
Response of the floating platform and its moorings, modelled in OrcaFlex and MOSES.
Standards
Components designed to the relevant IS/IEC standards where the project calls for them.
Floating solar mooring, with a US partner
Floating solar is taking renewable energy into new places, from dam reservoirs to the feedwater reservoirs of power plants. Each array still has to stay where it was put.
Aryatech and our partner Stewart Technology Associates (USA) carry out anchoring and mooring design for floating solar arrays in India, using OrcaFlex and MOSES.
3 floating solar projects in India
Floating solar array anchoring and mooring
With our partner Stewart Technology Associates (USA), we designed the anchoring and mooring of a floating solar array in India.
Rihand Dam floating solar PV
Design of a floating solar farm on the Rihand Dam reservoir in India.
Pegadapalli floating solar mooring, Telangana
Research and development on the mooring of a floating solar field in a sheltered feedwater reservoir near Ramagundam, with all components to the relevant IS/IEC standards.
From array layout to a mooring design
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Share the site and the array
Array layout, the float system, and the reservoir or site data.
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Agree load cases and standards
The conditions to design for, and the IS/IEC or other standards that apply.
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Model the array
An OrcaFlex or MOSES model of the floats, mooring lines and anchors.
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Analyse and optimise
Line tensions, anchor loads and array response, with the layout refined until it works.
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Report and design
The anchoring and mooring design, with the results behind it.
The tools we use, and the rules we design to
Software
We also train engineers in both. Follow a link to see the course.
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Standards
We design to the standards each project calls for.
- Relevant IS/IEC standards
Example: on the Pegadapalli floating solar field in Telangana, all components were designed to the relevant IS/IEC standards.
What solar developers ask us
What floating solar engineering do you offer?
Anchoring and mooring design for floating solar arrays: the anchor layout, the mooring lines and the response of the array, modelled in OrcaFlex and MOSES.
Which floating solar projects have you worked on?
3 projects in India: anchoring and mooring of a floating solar array with Stewart Technology Associates (USA), the Rihand Dam floating solar farm, and mooring R&D for the Pegadapalli field in Telangana.
Who is Stewart Technology Associates?
Stewart Technology Associates is our US partner on floating solar anchoring and mooring.
Which software do you use?
OrcaFlex and MOSES. We also train engineers in both.
Do you design to Indian standards?
Yes, where the project calls for it. On the Pegadapalli project, all components were designed to the relevant IS/IEC standards.
Do you also work on offshore wind?
Yes. We analyse fixed and floating offshore wind turbine structures in SACS, GH Bladed and FAST.
Planning a floating solar plant?
Send us the array layout and the site data. An engineer will come back with the load cases to run and a scope.